My folks always laced me with the nike airs. they might have been the previous year's style and on sale but at they were quality nike's. we took advantage of that legendary sale when Big 5 had the first air jordans for $19.99 around a year after they came out (guess nike overproduced or big 5 overbought). In '88 my folks got me 2 pairs of air revolutions from Frontrunners at the westside pavillion for $49 marked down from $110. Those were also a year old

I used to wear Spaulding pumps ha and la gear with the lights..but in 3rd grade the only shoes I was able to wear was some ridell cleats to school because my parents couldn't get me any shoes at the time so the only ones I had left was cleats..after that I would mow lawns do mad house wrk wash cars and sh*t and by my own shoes... No one said sh*t tho about wearing cleats to school I'd always play football

Naw real sh*t tho, my parents busted their a.sses to make sure me and my bro went to school fly. They always would say no matter what the fuk is going on, these lil n*ggas aint going to school lookin like nobody loves em. Preciate that till death.

Aye them Cudas clean tho...I feel like they sell them now in Urban Outfitters lol. I was rocking my bros hand me downs...until my feet grew bigger than his then my parents made me get a job (I was 14) but it was nothing but Jordans and Nikes since, lucky for me I still wear about the same size 11.5-13

rocked the four-stripped adidas one year in jr high . grade school i had Body Glove shoes and then Airwalks and LA Gears.

Later in Jr high I upgraded to the Griffey's back when they would throw in a free shirt if you got them at Footlocker. That was around the time the Penny's moon shoes came out. Then that got played and n*ggas starting rocking canvas boat shoes. The two-tone Tommy Hils was dope. But I kept it simple with the Eddie Bauers, on sale. High school I wised up and starting rocking Wallys...hush puppies and Clark's (havana joe's was a little out my price range). Then I got on my Dada Supreme wave....nothing but Dada running shoes in every color. The only Nikes I fu*ked with at that time were AF1s and AirMax (one of the best shoes ever made ). DKNY and TH had some decent running shoes as well.